Safe version of unsafe code

[cheesepirate]

I'm getting to grips with C#, but one thing still escapes me If I have a number, 0x12345678, and I need to reorder it for some reason to 0x56781234, I could do this in C/C++ int i = 0x12345678; short *ps = (short*)&i; short s; s = ps [0]; ps [0] = ps [1]; ps [1] = s; i is then 0x56781234. This sort of problem also pops up when a file has some binary data encoded in such a way that 3 bytes are used to represent a 4 byte int (PowerPoint does this if I remember correctly) All attempts I've tried at this so far have resulted in unsafe code. I'd prefer a safe way, if this is possible. Cheers

[Mardawi]

the only way i can recall now is to put your data in a string then manipulated it the way you want. after that cast it back. i don't think there could be another way becuase you are accessing the memory directly here. good luck!

[Anonymous]

How 'bout using the shift operators? int i = 0x12345678; i = (i << 16) + (i >> 16);